Decrease in the frequency of meningeal involvement in AIDS-related systemic lymphoma in patients receiving HAART

Haematologica. 2008 Jan;93(1):149-50. doi: 10.3324/haematol.11767.

Abstract

We evaluated the frequency of primary central nervous system lymphoma and leptomeningeal involvement in systemic non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in HIV-infected patients. Those receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) showed a decrease in leptomeningeal involvement in systemic NHL (0/30 vs. 12/87; p=0.023). Therefore HAART could prevent CNS involvement in systemic NHL.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Adult
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active*
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / prevention & control*
  • Male
  • Meninges / pathology*
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Time Factors